Fixes to the README, and changed to markdown
Updated gems in the Gemfile
Removing cruft in repo root
Changed to postgresql
Remove the database.yml from the repository, encouraging people to use their own from database.yml.example
Added database.yml to the gitignore
Specs refactored so they now run
Reduced deprecation warnings by using stub in place of stub!, double in place of mock and removing any_number_of_times
Clean up cruft and add Rails 4 default config.i18n.enforce_available_locales = true to application.rb
Added the ability to run focused tests and removed view specs because view specs are bad specs to have
Commented out putses
Reverted a syntax issue related to commenting out puts statements
Fixed string deprecation warning
Added guard and pry for better test/debugging workflow
Added Guardfile for automated test runs
Refactoring specs to pass
Removed focus: true
Failing tests expected accessible public property
Fixed issue for parent debates and sub_names.

Common failing test theme: method visibility. This has slightly changed in more modern versions of Ruby
Getter and setter methods for attributes need to have higher visibility. These should also be refactored into attr_accessors